MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	51.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	156% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '20 at 08:40
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 121 2-Core 242 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 634 69% 548 Pts	64-Core 634 39% 634 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Asus(1043 04FB) CLim: 1310 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.20 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	Lighting 64.1 Reflection 68.3 Parallax 80.2 52% 70.9 fps	MRender 68.6 Gravity 64.5 Splatting 56.3 51% 63.2 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2018)-$35 23,087 User benchmarks, average bench 233% 438GB free (System drive) Firmware: 101110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 663 680 658 658 664 647 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	156% Outstanding	Read 577 Write 566 Mixed 562 SusWrite 662 134% 592 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 54.4 190% 73.9 MB/s	DQ Read 775 DQ Write 741 DQ Mixed 978 674% 831 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 156% Great: 284%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$53 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 153GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 369 384 377 379 381 377 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 455 Write 414 Mixed 408 SusWrite 378 93% 414 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 49.5 165% 61.4 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 353 DQ Mixed 298 243% 345 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 125%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$39 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 800GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 178 179 179 179 179 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 204 Write 149 Mixed 107 SusWrite 178 117% 160 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 227% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 375 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	62.3% Good	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 19.4 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 21.3 59% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 57.3 70% 57.3 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 71%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	3,412x
Core i5-4690KIntel $55Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,681x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	462x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,256x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	561x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	407x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	414x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	306x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	209x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	379x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	248x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	207x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16